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The joys of home ownership..stuff breaking..toilet

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December 13, 2025, 08:36 AM
MikeinNC
The joys of home ownership..stuff breaking..toilet
Waiting on the shop to call about the transmission on my truck, and last night the toilet valve in the hallway quit. Luckily I have a whole set of toilet parts in the garage bc I know how stuff goes. So I got a chore for today




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December 13, 2025, 01:29 PM
mrvmax
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Originally posted by smlsig:
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….that should be my last major expense in the next couple decades.



That’s some funny chit right there!!


If not, when my roof fails or HVAC goes out, I figure in 20 more years I will be senile and will not care……..
December 13, 2025, 08:39 PM
coloradohunter44
quote:
Originally posted by hudr:
Let’s see…last decade?

A cracked toilet tank in my barndo turned into a complete bathroom overhaul. Actually two within a couple years of each other.
Then a water leak required the removal of all the carpet in the place.
Then the HVAC had to be replaced right before I did a bit of remodeling on my childhood home so I could move into it.
My boy and his family now rent the barndo from me.
Its 1/2 mile driveway needs some major work now.
Got moved into the Big House in 2022.
Had to completely replace the roof the first year. There is still Sheetrock work to be done from that leak. Then replace a section of water line the first summer I was here. Then just last summer I had to replace a major section of the septic drain line. Then immediately replace the entire HVAC system. Just bought a Speed Queen clothes washer a couple months ago.
I have a section of rain gutter that is loose and the sink in the master bath is leaking from the supply valve from time to time.

Yeah. Owning property is great.
But I do believe it beats renting.
Especially now that it’s all paid for


Dang son, that is one heck of a record. Hopefully you can get all the projects wrapped up and wait for the other shoe to drop..always something.



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December 13, 2025, 09:02 PM
hudr
quote:
Originally posted by coloradohunter44:
quote:
Originally posted by hudr:
Let’s see…last decade?


Yeah. Owning property is great.
But I do believe it beats renting.
Especially now that it’s all paid for


Dang son, that is one heck of a record. Hopefully you can get all the projects wrapped up and wait for the other shoe to drop..always something.


I wouldn’t have it any other way. House is 54 years old. 3 months older than me. It has been “Home” my entire life.
Barndo was built in ‘99. My son was born in 2000.
So we are both living in our childhood homes.
And now my grandkids are close.
Don’t know about him, but I place a lot of value (sometimes too much) on sentimentalism.